Anger Pre-Test

Anger is a confusing subject for many people. There are
a lot of misconceptions about anger that exist in our culture.
This Anger Pre-Test is designed to start to help you think
about and identify some of the information, beliefs, values,
and attitudes that you have about anger. Please answer
TRUE or FALSE to each of the
following questions. Usually going with your first impulse
in answering these questions will yield the best results regarding
what you actually know and think about anger.

Please click either the True or False
radio button to the left of each of the following 25 statements
to indicate your answer.

True

False

1) Anger is a bad emotion that should
be avoided at all costs.

True

False

2) Everyone gets angry at times.

True

False

3) Too much anger can hurt your physical
health.

True

False

4) Screaming and throwing things
are helpful ways to "get anger out of your system."

True

False

5) Families who yell at each other
a lot are emotionally closer because they're more willing
to express their "true feelings" with other family members.

True

False

6) Angry people can never change
the way they handle anger.

True

False

7) There is one right way to handle
anger with others.

True

False

8) Frustration just naturally leads
to aggressive behavior.

True

False

9) People should never raise their
voices when they are expressing anger.

True

False

10) Women are less likely to feel
angry than men are.

True

False

11) Getting angry never leads to
a productive outcome.

True

False

12) Anger often makes people lose
control of their behavior.

True

False

13) Angry people tend to be powerful
and confident of themselves and their abilities.

True

False

14) Anger is the same thing as hostility
and cynicism.

True

False

15) Stress is related to anger.

True

False

16) It's okay to use put-downs, name-calling,
and cussing from time to time in a marriage and in other
close relationships to really get your point across.

True

False

17) All people have cues and triggers
that can help them recognize when they are becoming stressed, tense,
frustrated and angry.

True

False

18) Temporarily getting away from
a potentially volatile situation is one way to start to
learn to handle anger more effectively.

True

False

19) If people are angry, they should
always express it directly to the person they're angry
with.

True

False

20) Angry people tend to want to
control what is happening around them.

True

False

21) Some people just deserve to be
yelled at and punished because of the way they act.

True

False

22) The way that you think about
a person or situation has a lot to do with how angry you
end up getting.

True

False

23) Explosive and disrespectful anger
destroys intimacy, trust, openness, honesty, and safety in a family environment.

True

False

24) If your anger is justified, you
have the right to really "go off" on the other person.

True

False

25) If you grew up in a family where
people were explosive and abusive with one another, you
are more likely to be explosive and abusive in your adult
life.

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for the answers page.